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Letter – A Russian to the world: this is not my war – Alexandra Goryashko

Most of us opposed to Ukraine invasion by ‘insane leader’ Putin, says academic

Updated 4 years ago · Published on 06 Mar 2022 8:00AM

Letter – A Russian to the world: this is not my war – Alexandra Goryashko
More than 650,000 Russians have already signed a petition against the war waged by its president, Vladimir Putin, says Russian academic Alexandra Goryashko. – AFP pic, March 6, 2022

by Alexandra Goryashko

TO my foreign friends.

Russia’s war against Ukraine is not my war. 

This is the war of an insane Russian leader whom we cannot stop. 

This war is a real horror, and pain, and tears, and shame for me and hundreds of my friends.

Almost all of us have relatives and friends in Ukraine. 

My whole family is from Ukraine, and all my childhood was spent in Ukraine.

I am writing this so that you do not equate this war with the Russian people. 

All the best Russian people are against this war and are horrified by it.

More than 650,000 Russians have already signed a petition against the war.

The letter of Russian scientists against the war was signed by more than 2,000 scientists.

More than 60 groups have signed a letter from Russian charitable organisations to end the war. 

There are petitions against the war by Russian teachers and cultural figures. The number of signatures for each such petition grows every second.

This war has broken the lives of all of us.

This war is not only killing Ukraine; it is also killing Russia.

I just wanted to tell you about it. – The Vibes, March 5, 2022

Moscow-based Alexandra Goryashko is a prolific Russian academic, specialising in nature, biology and ethology. She is a member of the Russian Writers Union, having authored 170 books and journals

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